Unit 6 Week 2

Dear Family Member:

This week our class will be focusing on the actions people can take to get along with one another. We will also be discussing the causes of conflict and what people can do to show respect and cooperation.

Here are some activities that you can do with your child to help reinforce the skills we’ll be practicing.

Word Workout

• Words to Know: connotation and denotation In this activity, you and your child first discuss the meaning of the vocabulary words. You can use a dictionary for help. Then you will work together to use pairs of words in sentences.
• Spelling: words with Latin roots and words from Latin mythology You and your child will take turns playing a word game. You begin spelling a word, and your child breaks in when he or she knows what the word is and completes the spelling.

Comprehension: theme

In this activity, you and your child are presented with some themes and imaginary book titles. Work together to add some details to the books based on their themes.

Vocabulary

A copy is shared with you via google classroom. You can also find a link to the document here. You will need to make a copy to edit yourself.

The quiz will be included in the selection quiz provided on Thursday.

Grammar

This week we are focusing on adverbs again!

Take a look at the assigned work found on the Wonders site or click here to get the PDF format of the packet that can be submitted through email.

As a suggestion we typically complete one worksheet a day with Friday's page being our quiz. If you are using the Wonders site you will notice that I will only assign one page per day.

Spelling

Take a look either on Wonders or Spelling City to see their new words and identify the pattern for the week.

Practice as usual. (Flash cards, writing them each day, Spelling City, etc)

Friday I will post a video of me calling out the words for the test. (Students can create sentences that I could possibly use in the video by submitting them via the "Have a Question" form on the home page.)

Parents have two options:

• Check students work at home and email me a score.
• Send me a picture of the spelling test and I will score and respond with students with scores.

I believe all students should practice all of the words as it is beneficial to recognize the patterns and use the knowledge of the words we already know to help support/make connections to the words we may struggle with.

Tuesday:

Read “The Bully” found in your small Wonder's book. This can also be found online. Answer the questions provided below.

Wednesday:

Read “The Battle for the Bedroom” (Fluency packet in supplies, Wonders site, or here)

Read for 1 minute to a family member. Mark the spot at 1 minute and continue to read the rest of the story. Answer the comprehension questions on the last page and record number of words read at the bottom of that page. Try a second round and see if you improve!

Friday

Send Mrs. Weber a message about what independent books you have been reading while at home. Do you like it? Have you read it before? What are the main characters up to? What predictions do you have about what's happening? Use this link to begin filling out a story structure if you'd like.